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Ten outlandish shop interiors that reimagine the retail experience

Dezeen

MAY 5, 2022

A pink furry fashion boutique, a cosmetics store styled like a 1970s office and a streetwear outlet adorned with a chandelier of Nike trainers feature in this roundup of weird and wonderful retail interiors. A large Klein-blue rock sculpture covered in non-reflective paint provides the focal point and adds to the interior's dreamlike feel.

Reimagine

Reimagine Interior Shopping Focal Point

Interiors inspiration: Design Week’s pick of spaces using natural materials

Design Week

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Plants feature heavily in the interiors, and inspire the surrounding colour palette of neutrals and greens. Photo credit: Oculis Project Interior designer Pallavi Dean was inspired by the lunar calendar while designing the interiors for Dubai-based House of Originals Hotel, with her consultancy Roar.

Interior

Interior Space Design Texture

Bottega Veneta creative director Matthieu Blazy combines glass bricks and walnut for first store

Dezeen

MARCH 19, 2024

Glass bricks feature on the walls, floors and ceilings of the store Walnut wood panels frame the textured glass blocks. Woven" leather sofas and chairs are positioned in the space Within the space, enclaves of soft seating and carpeted dressing rooms create smaller areas, contrasting the wide open stretches of glass brick in the main store.

Interior

Interior Interior Design Texture Contrast

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AIA Estúdio designs cave-like interior for clothing store in Rio de Janeiro

Dezeen

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Organic shapes and stone -like surfaces characterise the interior of the Haight clothing store in Rio de Janeiro , which was designed by interior and landscaping design practice AIA Estúdio. Curved stone plates balance on rocks. Natural materials and surfaces were used throughout the shop interior.

Interior

Interior Design Contrast Circulation

WGNB creates minimal monochrome SVRN store in Chicago

Dezeen

MARCH 11, 2023

Benches balanced on irregularly shaped rocks also act as product displays in the store "Spatial design of the SVRN store began with our interpretation of the SVRN's brand identity and narrative through the eastern perspective," said WGNB. The photography is by Yongjoon Choi.

Boutique

Boutique Interior Perspective Texture

Kingston Lafferty Design creates "otherworldly" interiors for Dublin skin clinic

Dezeen

MARCH 5, 2021

A palette of plaster, marble, terrazzo and stainless steel was chosen to create interiors that customers want to "reach out and touch" in this Dublin skin clinic by Kingston Lafferty Design. The interior of the arch is finished with terracotta-coloured tiles. So we wanted to find a balance so that it didn't feel cold and unwelcoming.".

Interior

Interior Design Contrast Beauty and Health

Formoral is a skincare store that resembles a "desert planet"

Dezeen

JUNE 1, 2021

A spherical gateway and otherworldly light reflected through glass prisms feature in this skincare store in Hangzhou , China, which local interiors studio Lialawlab has designed around the theme of retro-futurism. Textured grey paint defines the space. A tunnel leads customers through the store.

Texture

Texture Contrast Interior Light

A Taste of Uniqueness: Unveiling the Distinctive Realm of Commercial Restaurant Interior Design

Greater Group

JULY 11, 2023

Commercial restaurant interior design presents a host of different challenges from commercial interiors in general. These considerations must all be addressed in every aspect of a commercial restaurant interior design, from the concept and branding, to layout and operations, all the way up to the entire customer experience.

Interior Design

Interior Design Interior Focal Point Design

Hedi Slimane uses "French elegance" to define Celine store in London

Dezeen

JANUARY 7, 2022

Celine creative director Hedi Slimane has opened a flagship store in London for the French fashion house, which balances historic Edwardian features and a gallery-style aesthetic. These artworks gently break the store's rule of symmetry while adding natural and earthy hues, textures and forms against the largely grayscale interior.

Contrast

Contrast Interior Accessories Accessories

The Cloth Table is inspired by the fabric’s billowing movements

Design Wanted

MARCH 8, 2022

o Teixeira strikes a balance between Scandinavian and Japanese aesthetics. This balancing act continues throughout, as the designer articulates an overall design language suggesting an interesting contrast between colours, materials and shapes. . Portuguese designer Joa?o © Joao Teixeira. © Joao Teixeira. © Joao Teixeira.

Balance

Balance Interior Design Texture Contrast

FOG Architecture creates "modern cave" for ToSummer's Beijing store

Dezeen

JUNE 23, 2021

Chinese studio FOG Architecture has added curved walls, mirrored surfaces and faux stone to the interiors of aromatherapy brand ToSummer's flagship store in Beijing. Above: the exterior of the store is covered in a textured faux stone. The mirrored screen reflects passers-by and the interior of the store.

Architecture

Architecture Interior Texture Space

Linehouse uses typically urban materials inside Xiamen's JNBY store

Dezeen

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The interior aesthetic of this JNBY store will be rolled out across all of the brand's future locations in China – one branch has already opened in Chengdu , and another is set to open in Changsha. The partition balances on chunky cylindrical blocks made from recycled concrete pavement.

Contrast

Contrast Display Form Texture

Simone Bonanni sculpts spaces with wallpaper collection Second Life for LondonArt

Design Wanted

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Second Life is a printed decoration for interior coverings that offers an alternative to the usual repeated vertical crop. Second Life is a printed decoration for interior coverings that offers an alternative to the usual repeated vertical crop – Images Courtesy of Simone Bonanni. Curious to know more about the designer?

Space

Space Interior Texture Architecture

Choosing the Best Materials for Visual Merchandising Concepts in Luxury Retail Stores

Retail Focus

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Fabric textures can influence the perception of colors, so creative visual merchandising concepts select and combine different fabrics with building a story for retailers. Inviting textural materials, including leather, paper, velvet, and microfiber, helps engage affluent shoppers and show the artisan value of the luxury brand. .

Visual Merchandising

Visual Merchandising Merchandising Concept Display

Wood Wall Paneling Design Ideas

Elmwood Timber

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Creating an accent wall or adding some texture or a different color to the wall decor of a room has long been a recommended interior design technique for upping the style in both homes and commercial spaces. . The effect is interesting, adding some contrasting lines to the horizontal wood, as well as added color and dimension.

Color

Color Design Contrast Focal Point

Set the Scene

VMS

JANUARY 31, 2023

Swooping shaped lighting fixtures are bringing a soft edge to retail and restaurant interiors this year, creating balance in relation to angular and digital features. Pairing this with a contrasting material, such as burnt steel or mirrored brass, is elevating retail environments. C URVES ARE BACK in vogue.

Focal Point

Focal Point Light Outdoor Color

The world’s best boutique bakeries: Combining millennials’ love for Instagrammable design and baked goods

Greater Group

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

To respond to this demand and tap into the market, bakery operators are innovating new menus, launching niche concept bakeries, and investing in functional and visually enticing interiors. Several boutique bakeries have moved on from traditional, stale, and prototypical bakery interiors of old.

Boutique

Boutique Design Interior Concept

Transform Your Business Space: Top Commercial Interior Design Trends for the Modern Entrepreneur

Greater Group

MAY 22, 2023

This is the role of commercial interior design and why it is essential to ensure all industrial design elements involved stay in step with the times. Being at the helm of an industry-leading business necessitates being at the forefront of commercial interior design trends.

Interior Design

Interior Design Design Trends Interior Space

A play between art, craft and design with Atelier Kaja Dahl

Design Wanted

APRIL 8, 2021

Dahl graduated with a masters degree in Design for Luxury and Craftsmanship from ECAL in 2015 , after completing her bachelor in Product and Interior design at Beckmans college of Design in Stockholm. My goal is to contribute to this balance between craft , nature and technologies.

Art

Art Design Jewelry Artistic

Forte Forte's first US store features golden changing rooms and balancing stones

Dezeen

MARCH 31, 2022

Light fixtures inspired by James Turrell artworks, balancing stones, and a circular golden changing room feature in the interiors of fashion brand Forte Forte 's Los Angeles boutique. Vattilana called the design "an ineffable balance of the geometric and the organic". The store features a sage green enamelled metal facade.

Balance

Balance Boutique Rhythm Interior

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